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The information revolution : impact on science and technology / J.E. Dubois, N. Gershon, eds. - New York : Paris : Springer-Verlag ; CODATA, 1996 - xx, 273 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Emergence of an information society : Facts and challenges -- information highways : Internet and Web services -- Obstacles to a free or fair circulation of scientific data -- distributed data and information networks -- Worldwide and regional information systems, policies and programs -- UNESCO policy, worldwide networks, regional exchange equity -- numerical, textual and image databases -- case study : worldwide bioinformatics distributed databases

ISBN: 3540608559

Subjects--Topical Terms:
INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS--SCIENCE
INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS--TECHNOLOGY
INFORMATION NETWORKS
INTERNET
WORLD WIDE WEB

LC Class. No.: Z 699.5.S3 / I53 1996